American History Course Guide

Prologue Unit

American History welcome 2013-2014.docx

Welcome to E105!.ppt

What is History?.pdf

Unit I - Economic Evolution

The Industrial Revolution (1876-1896)
The Progressive Era (1896-1919)
- Time Magazine 2013 / Time Cover Template (Excel or .pdf)
Growth of Government (1919-1937)
- Honors Project: Mini-Pages (Information / How to do it / Rubric)
- CP Project: New Deal Propaganda (Information and Rubric)

Unit II - Challenges of a World Power

World War II and the Early Cold War (1937-1959)
Civil Rights Movements of the 1960s (1959-1968)
Rise of Conservative Thought and the end of the Cold War (1968-1989)

Unit III - Facing a Connected World

Balance of Terror (1989-present)
Technological Changes and Social Evolution (1989-present)